Chapter 116

The problem of equipment gap is like a thorn in Feng Guozhang's heart. ◎◎From the Battle of Wuhan to the Battle of the Jinghan Line, Feng Guozhang has always had a point of view hidden in his heart: the defeat of the Beiyang Army was mainly caused by the large gap in equipment.

It should be said that this view is correct, but it does not apply now. The Wehrmacht, which had been hastily expanded, underwent earth-shaking changes after its reorganization. The non-commissioned officers and officers who originally had a strict gap, and the veterans who had studied in the crash courses in Wuhu and Wuhan for half a year effectively solved the shortage of non-commissioned officers. Not to mention the training of soldiers, the regularization of the Wehrmacht was basically formed in the past six months with the help of the German army.

Feng Guozhang got the news, and Zhang Xun got it first. Tongguò, a businessman who served the pigtail army, Zhang Xun got the news that the Wehrmacht that had been found to be three divisions, waving the banner, was marching along the main road to Xuzhou.

Xuzhou has gained and lost this territory, which is hard-won, guarding Jinpu Road to make a fortune, Zhang Xun takes this place very seriously. When he got the news, he immediately went to find Feng Guozhang. After meeting to report the news, Feng Guozhang was also taken aback. It is said that the size of the division of the Wehrmacht is a little larger than that of the Beiyang Army, even if it is 13,000, and the three divisions are nearly 40,000 people.

"Shaoxuan, is the news reliable?" Feng Guozhang confirmed that according to the law of the Wehrmacht's previous operations, the strength of three divisions appeared on the front, and at least one division was in reserve.

Xuzhou is located in the plain, there is no danger to defend, with the existing strength and the national defense army head-on, Feng Guozhang is not confident in his heart. At present, only Cao Kun's Third Division and Chen Guangyuan's Fifth Division can fight frontally. Feng Guozhang of the other troops really has no confidence.

Zhang Xun was worried, he was reluctant to keep this place in Xuzhou, he would definitely not be able to keep it alone, he could only count on Feng Guozhang, so he spoke very politely: "Hua Shuai, it shouldn't be wrong." I heard the news from one of my own soldiers, and his family is from Su County. Opened a tavern. After the Greenskins passed, they often went there to drink. It's those officers who go to drink and put it after drinking, three what kind of divisions. You can push Xuzhou, go down to Jinan, and hit Beijing for the New Year. ”

Three divisions fought to Beijing for the New Year. Feng Guozhang naturally listened to it as a joke. However, this also reflects from the side, the arrogant posture of the Wehrmacht. The Art of War: Proud soldiers will be defeated. Feng Guozhang had an idea in his heart, and immediately ordered: "Meeting!" ”

The conference room soon gathered, Zhang Xun, Jiang Guidi, Chen Guangyuan, Wu Xiangjiao, Chen Eun, and the chief officer leading the troops all arrived.

The Beiyang Army does not have the habit of planning first by the General Staff, and the deduction is also true. A group of bigwigs held a meeting to discuss how to fight. Feng Guozhang was the first to speak: "Everyone, the rebel Fang Jianxiong's department is heading north with at least four divisions, which shows that Fang Jianxiong uses his troops evenly on the eastern and western fronts. It seems to be a taboo for soldiers, but in fact, this is because Fang Cheng is very confident in his troops. We can't afford to lose this battle right now. can't retreat, otherwise Beiyang will be finished, and everyone will have to go home to retire. There is not much to say about the powerful relationship here, Feng has already telegraphed to the president of Beijing to inform Fang of the deployment of troops. Our army has a strong force in Henan. An offensive can be adopted, and the Xuzhou side is mainly on the defensive, waiting for an opportunity to counterattack. ”

Feng Guozhang's battle plan means that Yuan Shikai agreed. It is impossible to oppose it, so Zhang Xun has been blinking his eyes, and the foundation of his life is the army. He refused to smash all of the 20,000 people into it.

"Shaoxuan, please ask for Xuzhou." Feng Guozhang's first task really found Zhang Xun, there are more than 20,000 people in this car, and there are two artillery battalions in his hands. But is this front so easy to keep? Zhang Xun's eyes rolled a few times, and he coughed and said, "Since Hua Shuai has seen Zhang, Zhang has taken over this job." However, the formation of our army is getting shallow day by day, and Hua Shuai still has to help one or two. ”

Zhang Xun is still very capable of fighting in history, and he defeated the city of Nanjing in the Second Revolution. Of course, Zhang Xun will be different, and the opponent will be different. During the Second Revolution, the navy was in the hands of Beiyang, and the attack on Nanjing was supported by naval artillery. At one time, Zhang Xun was facing the Wehrmacht, and it would definitely not work if he didn't pull some helpers.

Feng Guozhang knew what he meant, and counted on Zhang Xun to guard the front, so he had to nod and said: "Jiang Laoshuai, the front of Brother Shaoxuan, please ask Your Excellency to help you with one or two, and in addition, the heavy artillery regiment in my hand will allocate a battalion to help you." ”

A heavy artillery regiment brought by Feng Guozhang is equipped with Japanese-made 105 field artillery, and the entire Beiyang is two regiments, with the same heart and liver. Now it's interesting to take out a battalion. Zhang Xun couldn't help but take this job, Xuzhou was originally going to raise soldiers for him. Since it is Jiang Guidi and the heavy artillery battalion, it seems that it will not work if he does not agree.

"Okay, Zhang did it." If you think about it carefully, you can hold on for a while if you don't fight a field battle with 20,000 people in your hands.

The defense task on the front was solved, and the defense on both sides was much easier, Feng Guozhang handed it over to Wu Xiangjiao and Chen Huan, and the two could only pinch their noses and admit it. The third and fifth divisions are the elite of Beiyang, and they must stay behind to get on the line. The two of them don't have to think about it to understand this truth.

Wu Xiangjiao and Chen Eun's mentality is not the same, the former is a warlord, and his mixed brigade was expanded into a division, which was the result of Yuan Shikai's care, so this battle depends on how it is fought, and it is all his own capital when he is gone. Chen Eun is ambitious and wants to make a contribution. When the two stood up to answer, Wu Xiangjiao was obviously not so loud, but Chen Eun replied very loudly: "Yes!" ”

Feng Guozhang's arrangement, according to him, first frustrated the enemy's edge with defense, and then counterattacked with elites.

Li Yifeng, who was assigned to the right side, was actually quite unconvinced. "Why let Huyan Aobo play in the middle? In the past, the heavy artillery regiment was strengthened, and Lao Tzu's seventh division was only stronger than his sixth division. Li Yifeng returned to his headquarters and complained about this Yang drunk. Yang Zui is now the commander of the guard battalion, commanding one of the strongest battalions in the division. His 800 veterans were all selected from various units. In this way, Yang Zui is also awesome.

"Division commander, it's better for us to act first and not wait for the middle road." Yang Zui is also looking forward to fighting, only by fighting can he have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions. Therefore, he was very enthusiastic about incitement, Li Yifeng was decent, and he complained about it, and the battle plan could not be changed indiscriminately.

"You don't want to? If you want to be known by the big handsome, can you shoot me? In this battle, General Staff Officer Zhang is in command, and if he is replaced by a marshal, he can still make trouble and fight for it. Now I have to obediently obey the order. ”

Huyan Aobo returned to the Suxian station, the hairs on his body were standing up with excitement, and he beckoned his subordinates to a meeting, and he was as excited as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, and his hands danced wildly: "Brothers, the opportunity to get promoted and make a fortune has come." Last time, Li Yifeng's kid picked up a wallet, fought a defensive battle on the other side of the Ru River and made meritorious contributions, and the marshal rewarded him with a thousand oceans. A thousand oceans, it's enough to marry ten female students from the new school as daughters-in-law. ”

The banditry Huyan and the pre-war mobilization were all the tones of the grass in the Guangde Mountains in those years.

In contrast, Lin Huaichuan on the left side was much more normal before the war. But I'm excited enough, and I've finally waited for an opportunity to watch Xiàn. So at the mobilization meeting before the war, Lin Huaichuan spoke harshly to a group of subordinates.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Lin is highly regarded by the handsome and has been able to take charge of a first-class division. This is my honor, this time to fight Xuzhou, everyone give me some energy. If you are moving forward bravely, I recommend it to the marshal and guarantee a lot of benefits. If you are timid and afraid of death, and dare to retreat, don't blame Lin for having black hands. From today onwards, the guard battalion will serve as a law enforcement team, and all those who have not received an order to retreat will be subject to battlefield military law, including myself, if they have not been ordered to retreat. ”

In the early winter, the land of Jiangbei was depressed, the grass was desolate, and the leaves were withered. Outside the city of Xuzhou, Zhang Xun was arranging his defensive positions. As an old warfighter, he naturally knows that it is difficult to defend the city if he does not defend the outside of the city.

This time, Zhang Xun also invested in it, pulled out twenty battalions of troops in one go, and built fortifications outside the city overnight. The firepower of the greenskin is very strong, and it is difficult to withstand the baptism of artillery fire without strong fortifications. The lesson of Nanjing City, Zhang Xun has not forgotten it. So they took it outside the city all night, holding torches, and went to the front line to boost morale and urge their subordinates to build trenches as much as possible.

In addition to the Japanese 75 field artillery, there are also 12 Haqi Keith machine guns, and a machine gun battalion, which is not outside the city, two lines of defense are arranged, and half of the machine guns are placed on the positions outside the city.

Twelve looks like it's a little less, you must know that among the warlords can be equipped with heavy machine guns, it's really rare these days. Zhang Xun suffered a big loss, so he was willing to bleed.

The afterglow of the sunset, the remnant sun is like blood. The sound of Tatata's horses' hooves could be heard in the distance, and he looked through his binoculars and found that it was the cavalry he had sent out. Zhang Xun's heart tightened, because there was a gunshot from the distance. Seeing a pigtailed soldier planting a horse in the telescope, Zhang Xun's heart tightened, and he secretly said that this was a loss.

The cavalry company of the guard battalion of the 6th Division, which took the lead in the firefight, was the head of a battalion with the cavalry sent out by Zhang Xun. Each division of the Wehrmacht has a guard battalion and a cavalry company. Equipped with a water of Stearns submachine guns, but also equipped with two 60 mortars, the two armies encountered twenty miles outside Xuzhou, the first to find the opponent was Zhang Xun's soldiers, the first to fire is also the pigtail army. As a result, as soon as they made contact, there was actually a cannon on the opposite side. In the face of absolute superiority in firepower, the pigtail army suffered a big loss. More than 300 people fought against more than 100 people, fought for half an hour, lost more than 30 people, and quickly retreated. rq

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